Within urban studies, the argument of Henri Lefebvre about just city, who defined space as a social construction and who maintained that all groups should have a 'right to the city', became particularly influential. During the 1990s, scholars began to be more explicit about the concept of just city. Three main approaches to just city were developed: (1) communicative rationality; (2) recognition of diversity; (3) the just city/spatial justice. Democracy, diversity and equity are the three governing principles for urban justice but there are also tensions among them.
Edited and translated by Zhang Yifei
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